Category Archives: furniture

Norfolk joins the Space Race?

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Tom Green

There is an old saying that suggests a prophet isn’t revered in their own land. Now whilst I wont try and claim to be a prophet I can understand the sentiments and its a message that’s been brought home sharply with this … Continue reading →

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Taking the shed for a walk!!

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Tom Green

Another lovely day and time for another project, this time a sheltered Garden Seat. Without any thought to our own personal safety, risking being infected by the pernicious “Gardening Bug” my dearly beloved and I have for several months been visiting Garden centres … Continue reading →

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Ten Pin Bowling

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Tom Green

This weekend we installed a pair of outdoor 10 pin Bowling lanes at Canary Wharf in London. These form part of the estates free summer entertainment, an opportunity for office workers to come outside and have fun. The specification from … Continue reading →

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Grow your own Baskets

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Tom Green

After many hours of discussion and pouring through catalogues to select the right species of tree we have now finally finished planting what is going to become the woods at the bottom of the garden. As someone who works with … Continue reading →

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Mirror Mirror on the Wall

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Tom Green

As they say in all the best fairy tales. Mirror Mirror on the wall who is the fairest of them all, to which the answer is obvious. Now I bring this to your attention not because I want you to … Continue reading →

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Building a Hot Tub

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Tom Green

A couple of years ago I decided to build myself a Cedar wood Hot Tub, and as usual make a video of the project. After all how difficult can it be ? To which the answer is it wasn’t, not … Continue reading →

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Could I win the Turner prize?

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Tom Green

Over the years I have made more than my fair share of unusual items but one of my favourites is illuminated Makeup Mirrors which I craft for one of the leading professional Makeup Suppliers http://www.backstageshop.co.uk and their subsidiary http://www.fitzrobbie.co.uk  who also sell … Continue reading →

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A Plumbers Mirror

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Tom Green

There are two ways a business can go, you can be single minded, focused on a particular product or service and if your lucky you will find the customers who want just that, or you can go the way my … Continue reading →

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Handmade Wooden Bed Frame

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Tom Green

By way of an experiment for my latest you tube video which can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0DNJpjMLn8h I have decided to publish the cutting list here as a method of supporting the video. Lets see how it works. I have been … Continue reading →

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Flat Pack Furniture the Tom Green way

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Tom Green

My father, alas no longer with us started the tradition of building beds for the family, and when he couldn’t do it any longer I carried on. I don’t quite know how the tradition started, I cant pretend its because … Continue reading →

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